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Siri Hustvedt on the psychoanalyst in fictionhttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/08/analyst-in-fiction-siri-hustvedt
From Italo Svevo to Salinger, from Nabokov to Philip Roth writers have made use of therapists in their novels<p>Mass culture is often crude. Portraits of the pyschoanalyst as a bearded, ageing character with a Viennese accent, a sly seducer hopping into bed with his clients, an egghead spouting jargon, a deranged monster, or merely an innocuous buffoon reflect various clich&eacute;d, and often hostile, views of psychoanalysis that have become familiar to many of us. But silly as these images are, they may also unearth a genuine suspicion of a discipline that, despite its enormous influence on popular thought, remains fundamentally misunderstood.</p><p>Priests, physicians and psychoanalysts are repositories for, among other things, secrets, and the need for trust and the fear of betrayal are always present when a secret is told. Like the priest, the analyst inhabits a realm outside the ordinary social world. He or she becomes the container of another person's intimate thoughts, fantasies, fears and wishes – precious materials that must be handled carefully. There are forbidden behaviours in the psychoanalyst's office, but no subjects that cannot be spoken about.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/08/analyst-in-fiction-siri-hustvedt">Continue reading...</a>BooksCultureSiri HustvedtFictionVladimir NabokovPhilip RothJD SalingerFri, 08 Jun 2012 21:55:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/08/analyst-in-fiction-siri-hustvedtAllstar/Cinetext/Warner BrothersA suitable case for therapy: Karen Black and Richard Benjamin in Ernest Lehman's 1972 film of Portnoy's Complaint. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Warner BrothersAllstar/Cinetext/Warner BrothersA suitable case for therapy: Karen Black and Richard Benjamin in Ernest Lehman's 1972 film of Portnoy's Complaint. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Warner BrothersSiri Hustvedt2012-06-08T21:55:19Z